Thursday, February 7, 2008

Councillors Van Der Kley, Hamilton, Angel and others have acknowledged that they see the demolition of the hall as the best option for the community despite the majority of the local community making it quite clear that they do not want the hall demolished. Councillor Hamilton alone received over 600 signatures to petitions to save the hall taken over only a few weeks.This is nothing short of contempt for the constituents that they are meant to represent on this issue.Councillors who have voted for demolition can only be described as participating in irredeemable statutory vandalism of our precious history.If Clr Van Der Kley alone had voted with the other mid mountain councillors, Searle and McInnes, then the hall would be saved from demolition. The demolition of a community asset by those entrusted with its protection must be regarded as the worst form of vandalism.

Councillors, having the power to cast their votes to stop demolition must therefore be regarded as the principal causes of this statutory vandalism in the eyes of the people of the Blue Mountains.